Fats Kaplin

Fats Kaplin is an American musician, born in New York City. He is best known as a fiddler. He also plays guitar, button accordion, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, an Arab oud, and a Turkish cümbüş, among others.^[1][2] He has worked with artists such as Jack White,^[3] Trisha Yearwood, The Tractors, Nanci Griffith, Pure Prairie League, John Prine, Roy Bookbinder, Beck, Mitski, and Tinariwen.^[4]

Fats Kaplin
Background information
Born	Manhattan, New York, United States
Years active	2004–present

He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee and is married to musician Kristi Rose.^[5] In 2003, he started playing with fellow country artists and Nashville residents Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch, as Kane Welch Kaplin.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Discography

• This Is Pulp Country!, 2004^[5]
• The Fatman Cometh, 2006^[11]
• Fats Kaplins' World of Wonder Downunder, 2009^[11]
• Waking Hour, 2011 (David Francy) — fiddle^[12]
• Morning Phase, 2014 (Beck) - banjo

With Kristi Rose

• I Wonder As I Wander, 2010^[13]
• You're Still Around, 2011^[14]

With Kane Welch Kaplin

• You Can't Save Everybody, 2004^[15]
• Lost John Dean, 2006^[16]
• Kane Welch Kaplin, 2007^[17]

References

1. "Sideman Fats Kaplin gets own spotlight at Americana fest". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
2. "Stream Paul Burch's Jimmie Rodgers Concept Album". Rolling Stone. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
3. Fats Kaplin & Jack White Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, epiphone.com; accessed July 14, 2015.
4. Pearis, Bill (14 March 2023). "Tinariwen announce new LP & tour, share "Tenere Den"". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
5. Quill, Greg. "Mariposa's pulp faction", Toronto Star, July 8, 2004.
6. "Five things you didn't know about Fats Kaplin, music maker, magic master". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
7. Beckett, Bill. "Shreveport House Concert Series: Kevin & Dustin Welch". redriverradio.org. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
8. "5 Nashville places for rock fans". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
9. "Paul Burch: Meridian Rising « American Songwriter". American Songwriter. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
10. "Fats Kaplin Album Discography AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
11. "The Fatman Cometh", cmt.com; accessed July 14, 2015.
12. Irish, Paul. (September 29, 2011). "Music for Hugh's Room or maybe a newsroom", Toronto Star, p. E11
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15. "You Can't Save Everybody". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
16. "Lost John Dean". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
17. "Kane Welch Kaplin". Archived from the original on 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2024-10-05.